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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2014 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
111 Victoria Road Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6QH
Received 18 Feb 2021Rose Cottage Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8BL
Received 23 Feb 202144 Gwilym Road Cwmllynfell Swansea SA8 2GN
Received 23 Feb 202125 Heathland Way Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6FT
Received 23 Feb 202137 Brookfield Neath Abbey SA10 7EH
Received 24 Feb 202183 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EJ
Received 24 Feb 20214 Chestnut Close Neath SA10 7AU
Received 24 Feb 2021Gilfach Quarry Gilfach Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8AD
Received 24 Feb 2021Land At Parc Newydd Briton Ferry
Received 24 Feb 2021Harbourside Strategic Employment Site Harbourside Road Port Talbot
Received 24 Feb 20219 The Parade Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1RE
Received 25 Feb 2021111-113 Briton Ferry Road Neath SA11 1AS
Received 26 Feb 2021153 Victoria Road Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6QH
Received 26 Feb 2021Catering Kiosk The Princess Margaret Way Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7PH
Received 22 Feb 2021Port Talbot Service Station The Princess Margaret Way Port Talbot SA12 7PE
Received 26 Feb 202114 Priory Court Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7RZ
Received 18 Feb 2021Princess Margaret Way Sandfields West Port Talbot SA12 7PG
Received 1 Mar 202129 Hawthorn Avenue Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3NW
Received 19 Feb 20218 Queen Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DL
Received 23 Feb 2021Alltygrug Park Clyngwyn Road Ystalyfera SA9 2AE
Received 25 Feb 202122 Corner Meadow Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3DR
Received 1 Mar 2021Hikarys Fish Bar 74 Briton Ferry Road Neath SA11 1AP
Received 2 Mar 2021Plot 1 Former Wernddu Bungalow Neath SA10 7DZ
Received 2 Mar 2021Plot 24 Clos Dewi Sant Bryn Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 2 Mar 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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